The State and Development: The Paradox of Developmental States

ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal.This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR's predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journa...

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Main Author:	Patrick Strefford
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiang Mai University 2020
Subjects:	The State International development Capacity freedom Developmental state
Online Access:	http://cmuj.cmu.ac.th/uploads/asr_journal_list_index/582423646.pdf http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68652
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spelling	th-cmuir.6653943832-686522020-05-20T04:41:50Z The State and Development: The Paradox of Developmental States Patrick Strefford The State International development Capacity freedom Developmental state ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal.This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR's predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journal of social Sciences and Humanities, which was later restyled as ASR in 2014, and began publishing online in 2015. Since the Industrial Revolution, human well-being has been dramatically improved. There are, needless to say, significant and serious gaps in this improvement, if we look globally. But, on balance and using a large number of measures, we must conclude that international development over the last 200-plus years has been phenomenal. This progress has resulted from the individual and collective efforts of humans- as embodied in the private sector. However, institutions, and especially those that are manifested as the state, facilitate the efforts of the private sector. It is an axiom that public institutions are necessary for civilization. In a society that has successfully developed, these public institutions must be pro-development, and can hence be referred to as a developmental state. Importantly, these developmental states expand their activities over time, and inevitably become international developmental states. Paradoxically, those very same public institutions that enable progress have, always and everywhere, the propensity to behave in ways contrary to facilitating progress, becoming anti-developmental. This paper outlines first the successes of the developmental states, and then the inescapable proclivity for developmental states to become anti-developmental, highlighting the inevitable consequential dilemma of how to pursue and achieve the following twin goals: filling in the gaps of global development, and, correcting the tendency for developmental states to become anti-developmental. 2020-05-20T04:41:50Z 2020-05-20T04:41:50Z 2018 ASR: Chiang Mai University.Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 5,2 (July-Dec 2018), p.129-151 2465-4329 http://cmuj.cmu.ac.th/uploads/asr_journal_list_index/582423646.pdf http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68652 Eng Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiang Mai University
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topic	The State International development Capacity freedom Developmental state
spellingShingle	The State International development Capacity freedom Developmental state Patrick Strefford The State and Development: The Paradox of Developmental States
description	ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal.This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR's predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journal of social Sciences and Humanities, which was later restyled as ASR in 2014, and began publishing online in 2015.
author	Patrick Strefford
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title	The State and Development: The Paradox of Developmental States
title_short	The State and Development: The Paradox of Developmental States
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publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiang Mai University
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